Mercyhealth

Integrated health system delivering coordinated care

Certified Ophthalmic Assistant

Clinical Support & Patient AdministrationConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeJanesville, WI, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

High school diploma.
Certification by JCAHPO as a Certified Ophthalmic Assistant.
Approved CPR or Basic Life Support certification is required within 90 days.
Good interpersonal and communication skills.
Ability to work according to specific procedures and methods while using independent judgment to adapt to routine situations.

Responsibilities

Room patients and collect assessment data, including patient history, vital signs, glasses information, and contact lens information.
Assist physicians during treatment, testing, and examinations while maintaining timely patient flow.
Perform visual acuity, pinhole, color, stereo, tear, glare, Amsler Grid, confrontation field, automated perimetry, applanation tonometry, pachymetry, keratometry, refractometry, lensometry, slit-lamp, photography, optical coherence tomography, corneal and disc topography, and biometry or A-scan procedures according to established criteria.
Scribe and assist with minor office surgery and laser procedures.
Administer medications and perform other patient care procedures as directed.
Provide patient and family education and follow up on patient care as needed.
Perform telephone triage and respond to incoming telephone calls, in-basket messages, and MyChart messages while maintaining accurate charting.
Maintain and calibrate equipment.
Work alternate shifts and weekends as required.

Desired Qualifications

Education as a paraprofessional in ophthalmology or optometry.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Rooms and collects patient assessment data. Documents patient history, vitals, glasses and contact lens information. Assists physicians during treatment, testing and examinations. Maintains timely flow of patients.
Performs- VA, Pinhole, Color, Stereo, Tear test, Glare testing, Amsler Grid, Confrontation fields, Automated perimetry, Applanation using-Tonopen, I-Care, or Goldman tonometers, Pachymetry, Auto keratometry/Auto Refractometry, Auto Lensometry, Manifest Refractometry, Basic slit lamp including, assessment of anterior angles, pupils check , Fundus and External photography, OCT, corneal/disc topography, scribes, assists in minor office surgery and lasers, Administers medications and performs other patient care procedures such as Biometry/A-Scan as directed and according to established criteria.
Provides patient and family education. Follows up on patient care as needed.
Performs telephone triaging of patients. Responds to incoming telephone calls, In basket messages, and My Chart messages, maintains accurate charting.
Maintains and calibrates, equipment
May be required to work alternate shifts and weekends

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

High School diploma.
Prefer education as a paraprofessional in ophthalmology or optometry.

CERTIFICATION/LICENSURE

Certified by JCAHPO as Certified Ophthalmic Assistant.
Approved CPR or BLS certification required within 90 days

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Good interpersonal/communicative skills needed

LEVEL OF SUPERVISION
Work is performed according to specific procedures and methods, but partner must make minor decisions using independent judgment required in order to adapt to routine situations.

At Mercyhealth, we don’t simply hire people, we empower employee-partners who are passionate about making lives better. As an integrated health system, we deliver exceptional, coordinated across seven hospitals, 85 primary and specialty clinics, and a team of over 7,500 professionals serving northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin.

Mercyhealth has been nationally recognized for our commitment to our people and culture, including:

#1 in the nation on AARP’s Best Employers for Workers Over 50
One of Working Mother magazine’s 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers
A Top 50 Company and Top 10 Nonprofit for Executive Women

About the Company

Mercyhealth

Integrated health system delivering coordinated care

Mercyhealth is an integrated health system offering hospital-based, clinic-based, and post-acute and retail health services, plus its own insurance company. Patients access care within a connected network where doctors, nurses, and staff coordinate across settings to ensure smooth transitions and better outcomes. It differentiates itself by providing a fully integrated experience—clinical care linked with an owned insurance plan—that enables coordinated treatment and consistent care close to home. Its goal is to deliver exceptional health care and make lives better for patients and families by improving access, outcomes, and the patient experience through end-to-end integration.

Company size: 1,001-5,000
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Rockford, IL
Founded: Not listed

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